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Ferdi Alexander Smit1, Robert van Liere, Bernd Froehlich

  • 1Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ferdi.smit@cwi.nl

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Area of Science:

  • Computer graphics
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Virtual reality systems

Background:

  • Virtual reality (VR) systems often suffer from perceptual artifacts due to a mismatch between application update rates and display refresh rates.
  • Existing VR architectures may not update the display every frame, leading to undesirable visual effects like judder.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel VR architecture featuring a programmable display layer (PDL).
  • To demonstrate how the PDL can generate updated display frames, mitigating artifacts caused by frame repetition.
  • To evaluate the architecture's benefits in terms of motion smoothness, latency reduction, and stereoscopic image quality.

Main Methods:

  • Implementing a programmable display layer (PDL) to generate intermediate display frames.
  • Utilizing per-pixel depth-image warping with 3D motion fields for smooth motion generation.
  • Synchronizing simulation objects and viewpoint prediction for fine-grained latency reduction.
  • Applying a crosstalk reduction algorithm for enhanced stereoscopic image quality.

Main Results:

  • The proposed architecture significantly reduces judder by generating smooth motion through intermediate frame generation.
  • Latency is consistently reduced at the display frame level via synchronized prediction.
  • Stereoscopic image quality is improved through an effective crosstalk reduction algorithm.

Conclusions:

  • The novel VR architecture with a PDL effectively addresses perceptual artifacts common in VR systems.
  • The PDL offers significant improvements in motion smoothness, latency reduction, and stereoscopic image quality.
  • This approach provides a superior alternative to classic level-of-detail methods for VR display optimization.